industrial action

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. job action.

industrial action

noun

1. any action, such as a strike or go-slow, taken by employees in industry to protest against working conditions, redundancies, etc

Example Sentences

A fourth teaching union in Northern Ireland, the NEU, is also going to ask its members if they should hold a formal ballot for industrial action.

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There had been stalemate over a pay rise for teachers for three years as inflation rose, leading to strikes and other industrial action.

From BBC

Meanwhile, it has emerged that NI Water are in the process of balloting their members over industrial action.

From BBC

She said she cannot see any other option other than industrial action if pay parity is not met but said it will ultimately be the choice of members.

From BBC

“If we don’t get the pay review bodies recommendation of the 5.5% we’ll have no other option but to ballot our members for industrial action,” she said.

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